The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2000
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
5:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 170.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.12° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.72° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.